Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:46:35 +0100
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
       Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
       LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
       Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/11 v3] enable "make ARCH=x86"
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On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 12:35:01PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> HOWEVER, I think the right thing for allyesconfig, allmodconfig, 
> randconfig, etc. is to be able to override specific variables.  Right 
> now, one has to use indirection via a file, which is a bit clumsy; it 
> would be better if one could do "make allyesconfig CONFIG_X86_64=y" or 
> somesuch.

See patch-set I just sent out :-)

> 
> In fact, we should be able to get rid of ARCH entirely;  CONFIG_ options 
> have the huge advantage that they're saved in a file, and you don't have 
> to type them on every make run. The only option that I can't see us 
> getting rid of easily is HOSTCC, since it is used before config is run, 
> but probably something clever can be done there, too.

My long term plan is to enable the above.
I had planned to do a lot for 2.6.25 but all this x86 stuff have eaten
too much time. And I have plenty of kbuild stuff in my
inbox awaiting some attention...

	Sam
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